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Inside The Real 17th Century Mansion From Pride and Prejudice
Alan rolls up his sleeves to help the specialists working hard to maintain Lyme in Cheshire, from winding the 50 clocks throughout the house to vacuuming a 17th-century tapestry. Dan Jones goes panning for gold in Wales and Jon Culshaw visits one of the m...
1612: The Disturbing Witch Trial That Shook Britain (The Pendle Witch Child)
This is the story of the most disturbing witch trial in British history and the key role played in it by one nine-year-old girl. Jennet Device, a beggar-girl from Pendle in Lancashire, was the star witness in the trial in 1612 of her own mother, her broth...
Diver Performs Eggsperiments
Diver Performs Eggsperiments at 45 & 60 ft deep.
10 Best Uses of Color of All Time
Color is one of the most effective tools in a storyteller's arsenal. From fiery red, to the coldest blue, a great filmmaker knows just what colors to paint on the screen. Move over light and shadow, lets take the color wheel for a spin! Here are the very...
Doctor Reacts To Osmosis Jones
Osmosis Jones is an animated movie from 2001 starring Chris Rock as the titular white blood cell responsible for capturing viruses inside of Bill Murray's body. Doctor Mike opens it back up and checks its accuracy. The jokes are so funny, but some of the...
Why Over 600,000 Bird Specimens Are Preserved At The Smithsonian
The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History has one of the biggest bird collections in the world, housing over 600,000 specimens, from ducks to eagles to peacocks. The collection was created over 200 years ago and is still being added to today. But...
The Younger Futhark Runes
The Younger Futhark, also called Scandinavian runes, is a runic alphabet and a reduced form of the Elder Futhark, with only 16 characters, in use from about the 9th century, after a "transitional period" during the 7th and 8th centuries.
The Anglo-Saxons: A Brief History
Anglo-Saxon runes are an extended version of Elder Futhark consisting of between 26 and 33 letters. It is thought that they were used to write Old English / Anglo-Saxon and Old Frisian from about the 5th century AD.
The Names of the Runes (Elder Futhark)
The Elder Futhark, also known as the Older Futhark, Old Futhark, or Germanic Futhark, is the oldest form of the runic alphabets. It was a writing system used by Germanic peoples for Northwest Germanic dialects in the Migration Period.
Paleontologist Answers Dinosaur Questions From Twitter
Paleontologist Dr. Hans Sues answers the internet's burning questions about dinosaurs. Why did T-Rex have such tiny arms? What colors were dinosaurs? How do dinos get their names? What did Jurassic Park get wrong? Why do fossils exist? Dr. Sues answers al...
What Is Fire?
Sitting around a campfire, you can feel its heat, smell the woody smoke, and hear it crackle. If you get too close, it burns your eyes and stings your nostrils. You could stare at the bright flames forever as they twist and flicker in endless incarnations...
How Do Crystals Work?
What makes crystals grow into their signature shapes? Dig into the atomic patterns and unique properties of crystals.
Why are there Giants in South America on Old Maps?
“The existence of giants here is confirmed” this was written in a letter to the French Academy of Sciences in 1766 by Dr. Matthew Maty, the secretary of the British Royal Society He was referring to the confirmation of giants at the southern end of South...
New CGI of How Titanic Sank
Titanic: The Final Word With James Cameron: James Cameron and his team pull together a new CGI of how they believe the Titanic sank and reached the ocean floor.